435 reviews for:

The Darkest Child

Delores Phillips

4.35 AVERAGE

stephanie_roberts's review against another edition

5.0

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Doloroso da leggere e ben scritto. Un classico americano.

jeannemixon's review against another edition

4.0

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Difficult painful book about the legacy of slavery and the failure of Reconstruction and the effects of both on one very poor very dysfunctional family living in a small town in Georgia.

beautifultchr's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

syvehlla's review against another edition

5.0

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I loved it! Sad story, and I REALLY would LOVE to know what happened to a couple of the characters, but great read. A sad story of colorism, racism, abuse of all kinds, mental illness... but also strength and perseverance.

alexmariepyt's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

menachris87's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Such a sad story

tianas_littalk's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Police brutality

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury

dmorsett's review against another edition

5.0

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I enjoyed the book. It kept my attention.

mrstmorris1's review against another edition

4.0

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Well-written and relevant. I don't know what else to say.

amarbaker's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism